"Mister Kingdom" | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Single by Electric Light Orchestra | ||||
from the album Eldorado | ||||
A-side | "Turn to Stone" | |||
Released | 1974 1977 (single version) | |||
Genre | Symphonic rock | |||
Length | 5:29 | |||
Label | Jet | |||
Songwriter(s) | Jeff Lynne | |||
Producer(s) | Jeff Lynne | |||
Electric Light Orchestra singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
Eldorado track listing | ||||
10 tracks
|
"Mister Kingdom" is a song in the symphonic rock genre written by the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO).
The song first appeared as the opening track of side 2, track number 6 from their 1974 album, Eldorado. It was the B-side to the 1977 hit "Turn to Stone", found on their album Out of the Blue.
On the single version, the solo slowly fades from 5:05 all the way to the very end at 5:29. On the Flashback boxset, the solo fades about 16 seconds earlier than the LP version, also cutting the small orchestra intro.
Some consider the song to have a similar style to The Beatles' song "Across the Universe". The song features an extended orchestral playout starting from 4:16 to 5:29, transitioning into Nobody's Child.
Jeff Lynne has said the following about the song and its subject:
This guy's always looking for a pot of gold.
— Eldorado remaster
God knows what this is about, but I like the sound.
References
- ↑ Flashback (Media notes). Electric Light Orchestra. Legacy. 2000.
{{cite AV media notes}}
: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)